Birhor permanent settlement

Item Information

Title:
Birhor permanent settlement
Description:
A Birhor settlement in the Ranchi district built by the Indian government. The Birhor are a nomadic people. After 1947, the Indian government attempted to settle them into permanent villages.[
Photographer:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Date:
1956
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Slides (photographs)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 8A. Slides
Subjects:
Birhor (Indic people)--India--Jharkhand--Photographs
Dwellings--India--Photographs
East Indians--Dwellings--Photographs
Ethnic groups--India--Jharkhand--Photographs
Landscapes--India--Photographs
Mountains--India--Photographs
Nomads--India--Photographs
Villages--India--Jharkhand--Photographs
Places:
India
India > Jharkhand
Extent:
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-ii-i0369
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Identifier:
mufs001-ii-i0369